I use the apps my friends use but it gets tiring to keep up with so many.

  • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Spoken like a real android user. All my iPhone friends (and especially family) refuse to download any other app, they just complain that I physically can’t download iChat.

    • hector@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      As an iPhone user, iChat is mid. I think it’s only in the Us that it is widely used.

      Embrace the beauty of Signal now

        • LWD@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Kind of ironic considering that with Matrix…

          • Forward secrecy is kinda hosed
          • they store metadata permanently on their servers by design
          • A ton of stuff that would otherwise be invisible and signal is visible in your Matrix homeserver, including permanent history of all group membership
          • Your data does not belong to you, and that’s how the server is built to treat it, e.g.
          • GDPR deletion is nonexistent (it won’t delete your username or your messages, making it less effective than on Discord, let alone Signal)

          … Etc.

          Ironically, older federated messaging systems like XMPP might be better by coincidence. Message archiving was an optional addition and some servers, such as the popular Riseup one, do not implement it.

          • JohnDoe@lemmy.myserv.one
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            8 months ago

            Yeah, fair. It can’t delete your messages to the extent a centralized system, and that’s an indication of the lack of centralized control? It’s a different threat model I think many find satisfying (though perhaps not most).